A stunning work of art that bears no comparisons the New York Observer wrote of Haruki Murakami's masterpiece, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. In its playful stretching of the limits of the real world, his magnificent new novel, Kafka on the Shore is every bit as bewitching and ambitious. The narrative follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his highly simplified life suddenly overturned. Their parallel odysseys - as mysterious to them as they are to the reader - are enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerising dramas. Fish tumble in storms from the sky; cats carry on conversations with people; a ghostlike if familiar pimp deploys a Hegel-spouting girl of the night; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since WWII. There is a brutal murder, but the identity of both victim and killer is a riddle. Yet this, as all else, is eventually resolved, even as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually unravelled.Murakami's new novel is at once a classic tale of quest, but it is also a bold exploration of mythic and contemporary taboos, of patricide, of mother-love, of sister-love. Above all it is an entertainment of a very high order.
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Kafka on the Shore
von Haruki Murakami
A stunning work of art that bears no comparisons the New York Observer wrote of Haruki Murakami's masterpiece, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. In its playful stretching of the limits of the real world, his magnificent new novel, Kafka on the Shore is every bit as bewitching and ambitious. The narrative follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his highly simplified life suddenly overturned. Their parallel odysseys - as mysterious to them as they are to the reader - are enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerising dramas. Fish tumble in storms from the sky; cats carry on conversations with people; a ghostlike if familiar pimp deploys a Hegel-spouting girl of the night; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since WWII. There is a brutal murder, but the identity of both victim and killer is a riddle. Yet this, as all else, is eventually resolved, even as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually unravelled.Murakami's new novel is at once a classic tale of quest, but it is also a bold exploration of mythic and contemporary taboos, of patricide, of mother-love, of sister-love. Above all it is an entertainment of a very high order.
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Rezension von 𝑨𝒏𝒊 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒂𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝑰 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌'𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌, 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔.
Rezension von NuraIrgendwie ergibt alles Sinn, aber gleichzeitig auch nicht. Murakami hat eine sehr beeindruckende Art der Beschreibung und schafft sehr liebenswerte Charaktere (vorallem Nakata). Themen wie sprechende Katzen und Träume lassen das Buch in magischem Surrealismus kategorisieren. Auf der anderen Seite nutzt er vulgäre Ausdrücke und bezieht sich in diesem Buch sehr auf das Ödipuskomplex. Dadurch entstehen für den Leser unangenehme Stellen, jedoch haben auch diese eine Message dahinter . Aufgrund der wechselnden Perspektiven wird das Buch nicht langweilig und sollte daher auch für jeden ein Versuch wert sein.
Rezension von lynn luanaKafka on the Shore von Haruki Murakami hat mich fasziniert, auch wenn es mich nicht völlig mitgerissen hat. Die Mischung aus Realität und surrealen, mystischen Elementen ist typisch Murakami und schafft diese ganz besondere, fast schon hypnotische Atmosphäre. Besonders gefallen hat mir die Figur von Nakata. Allerdings waren die vielen übernatürlichen und philosophischen Elemente manchmal auch schwer zu durchdringen. Es gab Passagen, die sich etwas gezogen haben oder so kryptisch waren, dass ich das Gefühl hatte, den Faden zu verlieren. Trotz allem war die Geschichte von Kafka und Nakata sehr fesselnd, auch wenn es manchmal schwierig war, alles zusammenzuhalten.